[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8219 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8219

 To transfer certain funds from the Da Afghanistan Bank to the United 
           States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 2022

Mr. Weber of Texas (for himself, Mr. Fitzgerald, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Hern, 
Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Bost, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Moore of 
Alabama, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. McKinley) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To transfer certain funds from the Da Afghanistan Bank to the United 
           States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for American Victims Of 
Terrorism Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF AFGHAN BANK FUNDS INTO UNITED STATES VICTIMS OF 
              STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM FUND.

    Section 404(e)(2) of title IV of division O of Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2016 (commonly known as the ``Justice for United 
States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act'') (34 U.S.C. 
20144(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Transfer into fund of certain assigned assets 
                of afghanistan.--All funds of Da Afghanistan Bank that 
                have been transferred or have been directed to be 
                transferred into the consolidated account held at the 
                Federal Reserve Bank of New York pursuant to Section 
                1(b) of Executive Order 14064 of February 11, 2022, 
                except for the assets currently regulated by Office of 
                Foreign Assets Control License No. DABRESERVES-EO-2022-
                886895-1 of February 11, 2022.''.
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